Glove.



G. W. MANDRILL.

' GLOVE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.8,1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

; characters of reference indicate correspondrn'rnnfr enrich.

GEORGE w. MANDRlLL, or oLovicnsvnan. x my YORK,

GLOVE.

Application filed September 8, 1903 Serial No. 452,001.

To all whom it may. conc'em:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W MANnnrLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at i Gloversville, in the county of Fulton andl State of- New York, have invented a new and nseful Glove, of which thefol'lowing is a i specification.

This invention relates 'togloves. The object of the invention is in'a novel I and practical 'manner, so to reinforce the second and third fingers, the thumb and the wrist slit of a glove, as practically to prevent ripping of these parts from long-continued and hard service.

With the above and other obj ctsin view, as will appear as the nature, of'tne invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a glove, aswill' be hereinafter fully. described and claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings forming .a' part of this specification, and in which like ing parts :-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a glove having applied thereto the improvements of the'present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the finger reinforcement. Fig. 3 is a similar'view of the thumb reinforce. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary detail view in perspective of a portion of the wrist of a glove, showing the wrist slit reinforce in; position. Fig. 5 is a collective detail View in perspective of the various parts of the wrist slit reinforce. Fig. 6 is a transverse sec tional view through the wrist portion of a glove showing the manner in which the same is reinforced.

The glove. 1, is of that character in which the second and third finger stalls 2 and 3 are connected on the inner'side of the palm of the-glove along the base line of the two stalls. While this manner of constructing the glove is thoroughly practical, yet there is always more or less danger of the seams parting when the glove is being tried on,- and to obviate this defect, an approximate 3-shaped reinforce 4, shown in Fig. 2, is employed, the two terminals 5 of which are secured to'the inner side of the bases of the forefinger and little finger stalls, and the intermediate portion 6 ofwhich is secured between the second and third finger stalls at their bases, the body portions 7 of the reinforce being secured to the palm of the glove and to the bases of the stalls 2 and 3 by rows of stitches 8 and 9, which also serve I Specification of Letters Patent.

5 have the same a i other glove.

' her 12.

. the stall.

Patented April is, woe.

lo secure the roinl'orco to [be other portions oi lhc glove. Owing" lo the peculiar contour ofthe reinforce it will prevent any bui'iching al. the bases of "the slalls 2 and 3, and Will also insure a snug lit, so that a glove equipped with lhisforin of reinforce will ppoaranr-e oxl'ermilly as any ,The thumb stall 9" is reinforced at,its base by the reinforce shown in F g. 3 which consists of two nested U-shaped members 10 and 11, the latter memberbeing connected -to'.one of the arms of the member 10 on a curve that presents a third U-shaped mem- The free end of the member 11 is secured to the inner side of the base of the thumb stall beginning at the inner seam, and the member-12 extends up to the base of the thumb stall, while the member 10 is carried around the base of the thumb stall and is secured adjacent to the other terminal of the reinforce and at the inner seain of By this peculiar form of reinforce, thebase portion of the thumb on its inner side isdoubly reinforced, and will thus be capable of resisting heavy strains without being injured. I

i The wrist slit reinforce comprises .three members 13, 14, and"15, of which the memhers 13 and 15 are constructed of thesame material as the glove,'while the member 14' may beof tape or braid. As shown in Fig."

4, the member 13 is secured along theinner wall of the wrist slit and extends from edge to edge of the glove. The reinforce has "one-of its members 16 of greater width than the other member 17, providing thereby an offset portion 18, and this portion isinturned and is secured to, the inturned edge 19 of'the glove by stitches 20, as shown 1n Fig. 4, the other edge of the member'l6 being secured-to the wrist of the glove by stitches 21 that terminate at the crotch of the slit. inforce is secured at 22 to the edge of the wrist slit. This portion 17 gives the necessary extra Width at the wrist to permit it to fit. the wearer properly. The member 15 is provided with an offset portion 23'that is secured to the base of the portion 18 of the member 16, and the reinforce 15 is secured at 2a to the wrist of the glove, and its outer edge is inturned and secured to the inturned edge of the member 17, as shown at 25. By this'manner of reinforcing the wrist slit, all

The other member 17 of the re-' matter of further specific improvement, the reinforce 14 which, as stated, may be a length of tape or braid, is sewed into the pocket formed between the Wrist portion of the glove and the member 16, and between the reinforce 15 and the member 17,- thus doubly strengthening the Wrist slit at its crotch.

It has been found that a glove reinforced at the wrist in the manner described, will resist strains that would cause an ordinary glove inevitably to rip.

I claim In a glove, a reinforcing strip secured at one end to the base of the thumb stall at I the inner sea-m on one side thereof; and ex- H tending around said base and secured at its other, and the strip having a looped porture in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. MANDRILL.

Witnesses V A. J. MosHnR, CLARENCE NULTY.

tTion extending in the direction of the indexas my own, I have hereto aflixed my slgnaopposite end to the other side of said seam, the ends of the strip being spaced from each 

